Mop-wringer



Patented Aug. 23, I898.

J. L. SPRAGUE.

MOP WRINGER.

(Application filed De No. 609,7l0.

(No Model.)

NITED STATES J OIIN L. SPRAGUE, OF NEW HARTFORD, IOWA.

MOP-WRING ER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 609,710, dated August 23, 1898. Application nq December 20,1897. Serial No. 662,618. (No model.)

T0 at whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, JOHN L. SPRAGUE, a citizen of the United States, residing at New Hartford, in the county of Butler and State of Iowa, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Mop-Wringers; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilledin the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to that class of mopwringers comprising a mop-receiving bowl having slotted sides and an open bottom provided with serrations 0r teeth to engage the mop, which are adapted for connection to the pail or bucket, so that the water wrung from the mop will be caught.

My object is to provide a mop-wringer of the class described having a bottom of improved construction and the sides of its bowl slotted in a peculiar and novel manner, whereby the mere act of inserting the mop in the bowl will partially wring it, and a complete wringing of'the mop can be easily had whether it is turned to the right or to the left, thereby rendering the device capable of use by both right and left handed persons.

With the foregoing object in view the in: vention consists of a mop-wringer comprising a bowl having attaching devices for connecting it to a pail or bucket whose sides have inclined slots; and it further consists of an open bottom composed of cross-bars having serrations or teeth to engage the mop whether it is turned to the right or to the left.

The invention also embraces further details of construction described more fully hereinafter and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of the invention, shown applied to a pail or bucket; and Fig. 2 is a top plan view.

The bowl 1 is of frustro conical shape, as usual, andprovided with the raised guard 2 and hooks 3, the former being adapted to prevent the water wrung from the mop from I passing over the edge of the bucket and the latter being employed for the purpose of engaging said edge to hold the device suspended within the bucket. Upwardly-extending inclined parallel slots 4 are made in the sides of the bowl, and these slots are narrowed gradually from their wider upper ends 5 to their narrower lower ends 6. The bottom of the bowl is composed of two bowed or curved cross-bars 7 and 8, formed integral at their junction, which extend at right angles to each other and are each provided with serrations or teeth 9 and 10 at their upper opposite edges. These cross-bars, besides being bowed or curved downwardly, are also curved laterally, so that their ends do not lie in the same vertical plane with their central portions, both bars being bent in the same direction. The spaces 11, defined bythe crossbars, permit the water wrung from the mop to fall into the bucket or pail to which the device is attached.

The slots 4, by reason of their inclination and from being narrowed gradually from top to bottom, compress or squeeze the mop by the mere insertion thereof in the bowl and thus partially wring it. The mop, when inserted in the bowl, is also engaged by the serrations or teeth on the cross-bar, and upon giving the mop-handle a twist both these teeth and the inclined side edges of the slots engage and hold the mop, so that the water is wrung therefrom in a most satisfactory manner.

Owing to the employment of the inclined slots and the teeth on both upper edgesof the crossbars wringing of the mop can be accomplished in as satisfactory manner when the mop is turned to the left as when turned to the right, so that the device can be used as well by a lefthanded person as by a right-handed one. In this connection it is to be observed that there is an advantage gained by curving the cross a bars laterally in addition to bowing them downwardly, as a curved row of teeth is presented for engagement with the mop therefore lay any claim to anything therein shown and described.

laterally and which have teeth or serrations on their inner curved portions.

3. A mop-wringer comprising a bowl whose sides are provided with upwardly-disposed inclined slots narrowed or tapered gradually from top to bottom and an open bottom composed of downwardlybowed or curved crossed cross-bars having serrations or teeth on both of their opposite upper edges.

In witness whereof I affix my signature in 2 5 presence of two witnesses.

JOHN L. SPRAGUE.

Witnesso y,

F. W. PAULGER, MELAIE PIERCE. 

